Authorities say a small airplane has crashed in a residential neighborhood west of Los Angeles and three people were killed.Fire Battalion Chief Mike Esparza says three people on board the plane died in Wednesday night’s crash. No one on the ground was hurt.
Witnesses say the plane started having trouble soon after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport, less than a half mile away.
Esparza says the pilot attempted to land on a residential street, narrowly missing houses and a yard where two people were standing outside.
“The pilot did one heck of a job.” Esparza says.
Riverside is about 60 miles west of Los Angeles.
Neighbors say the plane hit a palm tree and a car, and burst into flames.